"Happiness doesnt mean what you think is going to make you happy. It is so constantly in flux and so hard to achieve. Thats the mystery behind it."
Your imagination can limit you because youre controlling it. Your idea — Lily James
"Your imagination can limit you because youre controlling it. Your idea of what it should be can actually be holding you back."

Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her career in the British television series Just William (2010). Following a supporting role in the period drama series Downton Abbey (2012–2015), her breakthrough was the title role in the fantasy film Cinderella (2015).
Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her career in the British television series Just William (2010). Following a supporting role in the period drama series Downton Abbey (2012–2015), her breakthrough was the title role in the fantasy film Cinderella (2015).
2012–2015
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View all →"You have to let everything affect you, everything hit your nerves, so you can perform. So it feels as if you’re constantly trying to guard yourself or let people in, put walls up or break them down."
"Drama school was a lifeline for me. I found it very nurturing – I just clung on."
"We are trying always to be happy, but unhappiness is just as real, just as important an emotion. And if you are closing yourself off from it, you are closing yourself off from other people."